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ECONNREFUSED with Node 17 #251

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Quote from mozilla/web-ext#2331 (comment):

const client = net.createConnection(this.port!);

This used to connect to 127.0.0.1 but node@17 prefers IPv6 (nodejs/node#40537). However, Chrome doesn't listen on IPv6 so it never connects. A simple fix:

-- const client = net.createConnection(this.port);
++ const client = net.createConnection(this.port, '127.0.0.1');

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